As the shots continue to splash through, the accolades are beginning to mount for Peak to Peak’s Katharine Kia.

Just this month, the senior guard set the school record for points in a game, for 3-pointers in a game, won a prestigious scholarship honor and solidified her college plans. Her coach firmly believes she will be included in The Show all-star game at the Pepsi Center and is vying for her candidacy in the Class 3A player-of-the-year race.

All of that is perhaps a bit much for a humble, go-with-the-flow type like Kia, but it sure is adding up to one heck of a senior season.

“It’s great being her teammate, because obviously she’s the best player on our team, but she doesn’t act like it all the time,” Pumas senior Sarah Martinez said. “It’s never really gotten to her head or anything. She’s always encouraging us, and it’s just been great getting to play with her the past four years.”

Kia scored 36 points Feb. 10 in a 69-58 loss at Colorado Academy, drilling seven 3-pointers in the process. Both established Peak to Peak benchmarks. It came mere days after Kia was awarded a $1,000 scholarship by the Positive Coaches Alliance. Of 10 finalists, Kia was one of three chosen at the University of Denver as a Triple Impact Award winner.

“I was definitely surprised, but at the same time I worked hard for it,” said Kia, who has given a verbal commitment to Colorado Mines and will officially sign in April. “It’s always nice to be recognized. That’s not what I look for primarily, but it was nice.”

Kia averages 19.2 points a game for the Pumas (8-10, 4-4 Metro League), who were scheduled to close the regular season late Tuesday night with a tough one against Lutheran (17-1), a title-contender ranked No. 3 in the latest AP Media Poll.

Kia’s scoring average is the highest among active players in 3A — hence coach Elwyn Davidson’s push for postseason honors — with Kent Denver’s Maya Love sidelined for the season with a knee injury.

At the outset of the season, Kia just hoped the Pumas would remain relevant. After advancing to the quarterfinals for the first time last season, the Pumas graduated center Annette Warner, lost Austrian exchange student Michaela Wildbacher and longtime coach Chad Rathbun resigned.

“At first it was a little rough, but we had a big turnaround,” Kia said. “We just got past the fact that we lost our key scorers and our coach. We were upset about it at first, but we just overcame that mental barrier.”

Distinctive as a left-hander, Kia also has made her mark in the classroom with a weighted 4.7 grade-point average. She is considering chemical engineering at Mines but it’s not etched in stone. What is finalized is her sport of choice. Kia grew up playing soccer as well, including two seasons at Peak to Peak.

“In eighth grade I realized basketball is what I love,” said Kia, who plays club basketball with the Longmont Rush. “Soccer started to become less and less appealing.”

The four-year varsity player averaged 3.9 points as a freshman and 10.7 as a sophomore before it ballooned to 16 a game last season. Now, she’s Peak to Peak’s undoubted focal point.

“She’s more of a captain by example,” Davidson said. “She’s not very vocal. She doesn’t say a lot, but when she does say does say something it has impact.”

On her record-setting night, her hot hand did the talking. Kia didn’t have any idea how many points she scored or how many 3s she converted until speaking with her father, who does the Pumas’ scorebook. She left everyone awestruck that night.

“It was like, ‘Wow, this girl’s in a zone,'” Davidson said. “There was one play where she caught the ball on the 3-point line and she didn’t even look at the rim. She got it and immediately shot it, and it was nothing but net. She was just throwing up 3s and they were all falling.”